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Tūtohu Archives: Russia
M-1 Challenge 65: Pauna Official
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April 9 i roto i te St. Petersburg, Russia
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KĀRI MAIN
 MAHI MAIN – M-1 GLOBAL GRAND PRIX MIDDLEWEIGHT TOURNAMENT – SEMIFINALS – 5 X 5
Ramadan Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), Russia 185 lbs. (84 kg)
Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao (35-8-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil 184 ½ lbs. (83.7 kg)
 CO-FEATURE – M-1 CHALLENGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – 5 X 5
Murad “Hunter” Abdulaev (13-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Champion, Russia 170 lbs. (77.15 kg)
Alexey Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Kaiwero, Russia 169 lbs. (76.9 kg)
 LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Maxim Divnich (11-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0), Russia 154 ½ lbs. (70.3 kg)
Robert “TQ” Turnquest (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), USA 159 lbs. (72.25 kg)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
Kristijan “Klitschko” Silver (8-2-1, M-1: 0-1-1), Croatia 184 ½ lbs. (83.8 kg)
Artem Frolov (5-0-0 (M-1: 2-0-0), Russia 185 lbs. (84.0 kg)
 WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5Sergio “Serginho” de Fatima (12-2-1, M-1), Brazil 169 ½ lbs. (77.1 kg)
Sergei Romanov (7-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Russia 169 ½ lbs. (77.1 kg)
KĀRI PRELIMINARY
 HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHT – 3 X 5
Charles “Gracie” Andrade (28-27-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Brazil 202 lbs. (91.95 kg)
Murad Kamilov (5-5-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russia 200 ½ lbs. (91.1 kg)
 Danila Prikaza (2-0-1, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia 169 ½ lbs. (77.05 kg)
Manaf Damirli (1-0-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Azerbaijan 169 lbs. (76.85 kg)
LIGHTWEIGHTS – 3 X 5
 Alexander “Iron Capture” Butenko (39-11-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Ukraine 154 lbs. (70.1 kg)
Sascha Sharma (8-2-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Germany 154 ½ lbs. (70.3 kg)
 Vyacheslav tekau (12-7-2, M-1: 0-1-0), Ukraine 154 lbs. (70.1 kg)Damir Ismagulov (4-2-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russia 154 ½ lbs. (70.3 kg)
 Salman Magomedov (2-0-0), Russia 139 lbs. (63.1 kg)
Zurab Jojua (no te tuatahi), Georgia 137 lbs. (62.3 kg)
TA: M-1 Challenge 65
No: Rāhoroi, April 8, 2016 (6 p.m. i roto i te Moscow, 10 a.m. i roto i te New York City)
HEA: CSC Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Abdulaev vs. Kunchenko title clash & Divnich vs. Turnquest fight added to M-1 Challenge 65 card April 8 i roto i te St. Petersburg, Russia
 ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (March 16, 2016) – M-1 Challenge welterweight champion Murad “Hunter” Abdulaev will make his first title defense, April 8 i roto i te M-1 Challenge 65,against undefeated challenger Alexey Kunchenko at Ice Palace Sports Center in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abdulaev vs. Kunchenko replaces the rescheduled M-1 Challenge lightweight championship bout between defending champion Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui me te kaiwero Artem Damkovsky due to injuries suffered by both fighters during training camp.
M-1 Global has also announced an M-1 Challenge 65 match between former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divinich and M-1 Global debuting Robert Turnquest.
Ramadan Emeev (13-3-0, M-1: 7-1-0), reigning M-1 Challenge middleweight champion, takes on Brazilian challenger Maiquel “Big Rig” Falcao (35-8-0, M-1: 0-0-0) in the M-1 Challenge 65 hui matua. Emeev vs. Falcao is an M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals match with the winner advancing to the final later this year against the other M-1 Grand Prix middleweight semifinals winner, former three-time Bellator champion Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko (52-9-0, M-1: 3-0-0).
 Abdulaev (13-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0) captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title last June at M-1 Challenge 58, taking a five-round decision from Marcelo Brito. A powerful striker always with knockout intentions, Abdulaev (shown above in action) has been out of action since then due to a variety of reasons.
 Also a KO specialist like his fellow-Russian opponent, Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) has stopped 10 o tona 12 victims inside the distance. The Russian (shown above kicking) was M-1 Global’s 2015 E 'amanaki o te Tau.
 Divnich (11-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0) captured the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight crown December 19, 2014, registering a third-round technical knockout (nifó) oDzhambulat Kurbanov (shown above getting hit by Divnich on right) i M-1 Challenge 54.
 Fighting out of Pensacola, Florida, American, US Navy veteran Turnquest (5-1-0, M-1: 0-0-0) will be making his M-1 Global debut against Kunchenko. Turnquest (pictured to right) is the Atlas Fights welterweight champion who has a strong Judo background. He competed in the 2013 World Games for military competitors.M-1 Challenge 65 Ka rere ora i Russia i roto i te tautuhinga teitei i runga i www.M1Global.TV. Ka taea ki te mataara i te whawhai tuatahi, me te kāri matua i te takiuru ki runga ki ki te rēhita i Viewerswww.M1Global.TV. Kia mataara katoa o te mahi pā i runga i to ratou rorohiko, me te i runga i te waea atamai, me papa Android me Apple.
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Salita Promotions Signs Russian Super Bantamweight Vladimir Tikhonov
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M-1 Global extends contracts with Ivan Buchinger, Stephan Puetz & Lee Morrison
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (January 27, 2016) – Peresideni M-1 Global Vadim Finklechtein has announced contract extensions for M-1 featherweight championJohn “Ko tenei te” Buchinger, former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight titlist Stephan “T-800” Puetz and top American featherweight contender Lee “American Bulldog” Morrison.
“We’ve prolonged the contract with M-1 Global veteran fighters Buchinger, Puetz and Morrison,” Finkelchtein said. “We constantly work on our roster to have the best possible fighters.”
 Buchinger (30-4-0, M-1: 5-0-0), the 29-year-old from Slovakia, captured the vacant M-1 Challenge featherweight title in 2014, via a fourth-round knockout of Tural Raginov i M-1 Challenge 52. In his last fight this past October, Buchinger successfully defended his title with a unanimous decision over current M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui i M-1 Challenge 62.  Puetz (13-2-0, M-1: 4-1-0), fighting out of Germany, is an electrifying fighter who won the M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion in 2014, tango i te whakatau iViktor Nemkov i M-1 Challenge 46. Puetz successfully defended his title twice in 2014 ki Luis Fernando Miranda (SUB2 – kowaowaotia iho) a Valery Mykasnikov(KO/TKO2 – nifó). I roto i te 2015, Puetz took on previously undefeated M-1 Challenge heavyweight champion Marcin Tybura, who lost in three rounds due to a severely broken nose at M-1 Challenge 57. In his most recent fight this past December at M-1 Challenge 63, Puetz lost his title belt in a rematch with Nemkov by way of a decision. Morrison (13-6-0, M-1: 2-3-0) is a popular featherweight contender out of Okanogon, Washington. The gutsy 29-year-old (pictured below on right) has notable M-1 Global decision wins over Pavel Vitruk a Mikhail Malyutin.
 Upcoming Events: Feb. 19 – M-1 Challenge 64 i roto i te Moscow, Russia; Moana. 4 – M-1 Challenge 65 i roto i te St. Petersburg, Russia
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Pavel Vitruk vs. Sergey Morozov M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator Added to M-1 Challenge 64, Feb. 19 i roto i te Moscow
Volkov vs. Smoldaraev for vacant
M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship
Barnaoui defends
M-1 Challenge lightweight title vs. Damkovsky
(L-R) Sergey Morozov & Pavel Vitruk
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (January 14, 2016) – Another potentially explosive match has been added to an already top heavy-loaded M-1 Challenge 64, tango te wahi February 19at Olympic Stadium in Moscow, rite Pavel Vitruk e i runga i Sergey Morozov in a special M-1 Challenge bantamweight semifinal eliminator.
Te M-1 Challenge 64 headliner finds newly M-1 Global-signed Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-6-0, M-1: 8-3-0), o Russia, against powerful Estonian challenger Denis Smoldaraev (11-1-0, M-1: 7-1-0) for the vacant M-1 Challenge heavyweight championship.
I roto i te tahi-āhuatanga, M-1 Challenge toa Kōmāmā Mansour “Tarzan” Barnaoui (12-3-0, M-1: 2-2-0), whawhai i roto i Paris, defends his title against Belarussian challengerArtiom Damkovsky (20-9-0, M-1: 10-6-0)
M-1 Challenge 64 will be streamed live from Moscow in high definition onwww.M1Global.TV. Ka taea ki te mataara i te whawhai tuatahi, me te kāri matua i te takiuru ki runga ki ki te rēhita i Viewers www.M1Global.TV. Kia mataara katoa o te mahi pā i runga i to ratou rorohiko, me te i runga i te waea atamai, me papa Android me Apple.
A native of Ukraine fighting out of St. Petersburg, Vitruk (12-2-0, M-1: 6-2-0) is coming off back-to-back losses to American Lee Morrison by decision at M-1 Challenge 55 a Max Coga by third-round decision at M-1 Challenge 58. Representing the famed Alexander Nevsky Club in St. Petersburg, Vitruk has a strong Muay Thai foundation. After fighting exclusively as a featherweight, Vitruk has decided to drop down one weight class and compete as a bantamweight.
 Pavel Vitruk (R) displays his effective jab to set-up his other moves
The 26-year-old Morozov (4-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) is coming off a pair of impressive second-round stoppages via punches over Andy Young i M-1 Challenge 59 a Rijitigala Amui M-1 Challenge 53. The Kazakh is a hot bantamweight prospect who is equally comfortable on his feet or on the ground.
 Morozov is shown here ready to unload on his opponent
The winner of Vitruk vs. Morozov will advance to fight the victor from a soon-to-be announced second title eliminator for the vacant M-1 Challenge bantamweight title.
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M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev Named M-1 Global’s 2015 Fighter o te Tau
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (January 12, 2016) – Toa taumahawaenga M-1 Challenge Ramadan Emeev has been named M-1 Global’s 2015 Fighter o te Tau.
Welterweight Russian Alexey Kunchenko was selected as “E 'amanaki o te Tau,” iaM-1 Challenge 63 was the M-1 Global “Event of the Year.” Emeev (13-3-0, M1: 7-1-0), whawhai i roto i Russia, was a runaway winner as “Fighter o te Tau,” garnering 84.5-percent of the votes to easily outdistance runner-up Viktor Nemkov(23-5-0, M-1: 14-4-0), the reigning M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion.
I roto i te 2015, Emeev won both of his M-1 fights with his title-winning submission (kowaowaotia iho) of defending champion Vyacheslav Vasilevsky in the opening round of their rematch last April at M-1 Challenge 56, and first title defense this past December 4th i M-1 Challenge 63 when American challenger Luigi “Ko te Tank Italian” Fioravanti was unable to answer the bell for the third round.
 (L-R) Emeev pounds Fioravanti
Kunchenko (12-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), the undefeated Russian, patua “E 'amanaki o te Tau” runner-up Arama “Beard” Yandiev and third-place finisher Raul Tutarauli (6-3-0, M-1: 3-0-0). Kunchenko won all five of his fights in 2015, highlighted by his opening-round stoppages of Dez Parker i M-1 Challenge 57 a Alexandre Ramos i M-1 Challenge 62.
 (L-R) Kunchenko vs. RamosM-1 Challenge 63 was headlined by the highly entertaining rematch between defending M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan Puetz, o Germany, and Nemkov, o Russia, in the latter’s victory by five-round decision. Emeev’s triumph over Fioravanti was the M-1 Challenge 63 co-āhuatanga. M-1 Challenge 56, headlined by Emeev’s title-winning performance against Vasilevsky, ko “Event of the Year” runner-up.
 Nemkov (R) strikes Puetz in M-1 Challenge 63 “Event of the Year”
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Three World Champions Capture top honors in 2015 Russian MMA Super Cup
 Living legend and WMMAA Honorary President Fedor Emelianenko served as color commentator for the broadcast of the recent 2015 Russian MMA Super Cup
CHELYABINSK, Russia (Hakihea 16, 2015) — Fresh off of their winning performances at last month’s 2015 MMA Toa o te Ao i roto i te Prague, a trio of individual winners from championship Team Russia also captured top honors at the recent 2015 Russian Super Cup, sanctioned by the World Mix Martial Arts Association (WMMAA), i roto i te Chelyabinsk, Russia
Whā Ko te khachali Bakhachaliev, whitu Gamzat Khiramagomedov me te marama taumahamaha Magomed Ankalaev were the three World champions who were also victorious at the 2015 Russian MMA Super Cup.
Internationally renowned “Big” John McCarthy served as referee.
Below find a breakdown of official results from each weight class with video links to corresponding matches:
2015 Russian MMA Super Cup
Bantamweights Championship (-61.2 kg, 135 lbs.)
Bakhachali Bakhachaliev WDEC3 Armen Gulyan
Featherweight Championship (-65.8 kg, 145 lbs.)
Nabi Ashurlaev WDEC3 Mansur Vitaev
Lightweight Championship (-70.3 kg, 154 lbs.)
Artur Zainukov WDEC3 Kamil Magomedov
Welterweight Championship (-77.1 kg, 170 lbs.)
Alibeg Rasulov WDEC3 Ramazan Kuramagomedov
Middleweight Championship (-84 kg, 185 lbs.)
Gamzat Khiramagomedov WDEC3 Ramazan Gamzatov
Light Heavyweight Championship (-93 kg, 205 lbs.)
Magomed Ankalaev WTKO1 Nadyr Bulkadarov
Heavyweight Championship (+205 lbs.)
Amirkhan Isagadzhiev WTKO1 Georgy Sakaev
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M-1 Challenge 63 bonus mahi kauwhautia
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Hakihea 9, 2015) – Kauwhautia M-1 Global ona mahi toa bonus mo Paraire whakamutunga po o M-1 Challenge 63 i te Hākinakina me Concert i St. Petersburg, Russia:
Whawhai o te po
 Viktor Nemkov-Stephan Puetz 2
Viktor Nemkov (23-5-0, 4 KO / .Ko, 9 SUB – M-1: 13-4-0), nei whawhai i roto i Stary Oskol, Russia, whakahokia te M-1 Challenge marama taumahamaha taitara i te toa Tiamana nei ka mau te reira i a ia 1 ½ years ago, Stephan “T-800” Puetz (13-2-0, 5 KO / TKO, 4 SUB), i ara o tetahi whakaongaonga, pakeke-whawhai whakatau rima-a tawhio noa.
KO o TE NIGHT
 Raul Tutarauli
Taumahamaha marama Hōriana Raul Tutarauli (6-2-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB) oti atu Russian Alexey “Taumahi” Makhno (10-4-0, 4 KO / TKO, 1 SUB) i roto i te rua o a tawhio noa.
Tuhinga o NIGHT
 Mikhail Kuznetsov
Mā Russian Mikhail Kuznetsov (5-1-0) whakamahia he kowaowaotia muri-tahanga ki te faahepo i te tap-i roto i te Stanislav Ukrainian “White Warrior” Reutsky (8-5-0) i roto i te tuarua.
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